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efthimios 27-10-2005 05:15 PM

Processor AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor Remove
Motherboard MSI RS480M2-IL Graphics Socket939 Micro-ATX Remove
Memory 1024MB PC3200 DDR RAM Remove
Case Aries Gaming Midi Tower ATX Case with side window 350W Remove
Hard Drive IBM Deskstar 250Gb 8Mb SATA Remove
CD/DVD Drive NEC ND3520A Dual Layer Int IDE Black 16x DVDRW +/- Remove
Graphic Card 256MB ATi Radeon X700Pro PCI Express Graphics Remove
Sound Card Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Remove
Keyboard Aries Internet Keyboard with 6 Hot Keys PS/2 Remove
Monitor Aries 17" CRT Black EnergyPro Remove

for 644.15 GBP (inc VAT)

Danny252 27-10-2005 06:01 PM

Well, sounds good.
Its a bit obvious that its from a site that lets you build your own pc, though.

A. J. Raffles 27-10-2005 08:05 PM

From those "removes" at the end, you mean?:P

BeefontheBone 27-10-2005 08:23 PM

PSU's a bit underpowered, and you might want to upgrade the GPU. I've no idea what that mobo's like, either, but that's not a bad price. You might find it's easier to get the monitor separately, or buy a flatscreen one instead - if you've already got a monitor there's not a lot of point buying a new CRT one.

Apocalypse Dude 27-10-2005 11:22 PM

Did you just want to brag about your new PC?! :bleh:

only kiddin' it's a good price for a good PC but I would have spend a couple of pounds more and got a Radeon X800 Pro, they are quite cheap these days and are capable of very high performances...

win98 28-10-2005 06:31 AM

Looks Good but my currencey is new zealand dollars

Rogue 28-10-2005 09:19 AM

CPU and Power supply's specs are low.

Another recommendation would be to get two 120GB SATA hard disks with RAID1 (stripping), which will improve your I/O time.

And yes, that CRT monitor is like dinosaur.

I'm collecting informations for my next computer, and one of the things that I like to stick with is SLi, RAID1 or RAID5 and 2-4GB of ram. this should make video editing and game playability easier.

Limetang 28-10-2005 11:19 AM

You could get a similar thing for ?523.76, with an LCD monitor and Radeon X800. You could then get a $95.00 mail-in rebate.

Shipping could end up quite expensive though.

efthimios 28-10-2005 12:58 PM

I can't buy anything from the USA. Apart from the shipping I would have to pay for the customs, so no way.

As for the CRT monitor, sure, it looks ancient, but, with 1/3 of the price of a TFT monitor and better viewing angles, I don't think they are worse than TFTs...

efthimios 28-10-2005 02:34 PM

How about this one? No graphics card apart from the xpress 200 on board, RAM that is probably CL3, and it is just the parts, so I will have to build it myself. If I get this one I will have another 100 left for when the x1300 is finally released in the UK and hopefuly it will be enough.


Aries 1GB PC3200 DDR 400MHz DIMM Memory ?56.10
Aries Midi Tower ATX PC Case & 350W PSU (Clear Side) ?26.90
Sony Corporation DW-Q28A Dual Layer Black 16X DVD +/-R/RW oem ?24.00
AMD ATHLON 64 3000+ 1.8GHZ S939 512KB FSB1000 Venice ?81.65
Chicony EasySpace 105key Internet Beige PS/2 PC Keyboard ?2.69
MSI RX480M2-IL Skt939 DDR PCI-E 16X MATX Motherboard ?49.95
Philips 107E66 17" Black CRT Monitor ?59.95
Maxtor Diamondmax10 300Gb 16Mb Cache 7200rpm SATA OEM HDD ?85.00


Subtotal: ?386.24
Delivery: ?7.20
[info] Delivery Surcharges: ?3.36
VAT: ?69.48
Total: ?466.28


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